| NOUN | food | anise seed, anise, aniseed | liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors |
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| Meaning | liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors. | |
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| Synonyms | anise, aniseed | |
| Part of | anise, anise plant, Pimpinella anisum | Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery |
| Broader | flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning | Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts |
| Substance of | Pernod | (registered trademark) a liqueur flavored with anise |
| absinth, absinthe | Strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise | |
| anise cookie | cookie made without butter and flavored with anise seed | |
| anisette, anisette de Bordeaux | liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed | |
| ouzo | A Greek liquor flavored with anise | |
| pastis | Similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood | |
| Spanish | anís | |
| Catalan | anís | |
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